This book integrates key tools and processes into a comprehensive program for developing more robust and reliable technology-based products. Drawing on their extensive product development experience, the authors present a complete process for ensuring product performance throughout the entire lifecycle, from understanding customers’ needs through manufacturing and post-launch support. The authors begin by presenting broad insights and high-level strategies for improving product quality. Next, they demonstrate how to implement robustness and reliability strategies that complement existing governance and decision processes. A section on tools and methods shows how to institutionalize best practices and apply them consistently. Finally, they tie strategies, decisions, and methods together through a case study project. Product developers will learn how to <ul>
<li>Understand critical drivers of value in technology products, including reliability and durability </li>
<li>Implement a process model and roadmap for improving reliability and robustness </li>
<li>Increase robustness early in development, leading to shorter cycle times in later phases </li>
<li>Improve the stability of production performance under stress conditions </li>
<li>Assess both organizational and process capabilities for delivering robust and reliable products </li>
<li>Understand and manage customer-driven requirements </li>
<li>Use tools including descriptive and inferential statistics and DOE-based empirical models</li> </ul>
 Managers will understand expectations for <ul>
<li>Design concepts supported by rigorous analyses of alternatives </li>
<li>Products and processes delivering higher value to customers </li>
<li>Products with higher reliability and longer useful lives </li>
<li>Product processes with lower costs and higher capabilities </li>
<li>Development projects having shorter, more predictable cycle times</li> </ul>
Readers are introduced to many thought leaders whose writings can be sources of further learning. This book is a valuable resource for anyone responsible for delivering reliable, profitable technology products, including general managers, program managers, engineers, scientists, and reliability and quality professionals.

Robustness Development and Reliability Growth: Value-Adding Strategies for New Products and Processes

Business & Money

King, John P.

Jewett, William S.

Management & Leadership

PRENTICE/HALL

This book integrates key tools and processes into a comprehensive program for developing more robust and reliable technology-based products. Drawing on their extensive product development experience, the authors present a complete process for ensuring product performance throughout the entire lifecycle, from understanding customers’ needs through manufacturing and post-launch support.   The authors begin by presenting broad insights and high-level strategies for improving product quality. Next, they demonstrate how to implement robustness and reliability strategies that complement existing governance and decision processes. A section on tools and methods shows how to institutionalize best practices and apply them consistently. Finally, they tie strategies, decisions, and methods together through a case study project.    Product developers will learn how to   Understand critical drivers of value in technology products, including reliability and durability Implement a process model and roadmap for improving reliability and robustness Increase robustness early in development, leading to shorter cycle times in later phases Improve the stability of production performance under stress conditions Assess both organizational and process capabilities for delivering robust and reliable products Understand and manage customer-driven requirements Use tools including descriptive and inferential statistics and DOE-based empirical models   Managers will understand expectations for   Design concepts supported by rigorous analyses of alternatives Products and processes delivering higher value to customers Products with higher reliability and longer useful lives Product processes with lower costs and higher capabilities Development projects having shorter, more predictable cycle times  Readers are introduced to many thought leaders whose writings can be sources of further learning. This book is a valuable resource for anyone responsible for delivering reliable, profitable technology products, including general managers, program managers, engineers, scientists, and reliability and quality professionals.

Robustness Development and Reliability Growth: Value Adding Strategies for New Products and Processes (Prentice Hall Six Sigma for Innovation and Growth Series)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

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